Adjusting Exterior Doors To Close Properly

The wood of your door or door frame may also swell if.

Adjusting exterior doors to close properly. To adjust the door hinges loosen up two bolts at each hinge. Wood has been known to shrink in cold weather and swell in hot weather. Using a screwdriver loosen the screws on the hinge of the door.

Either way your door wont close properly. Install the long screws. Getting back to your question of how to adjust gaps once a door is hung I learned a hinge-leaf-bending trick from a Gary Katz article long ago Hanging a New Door in an Old Jamb Aug1999.

Loosen the bolts that hold the door in place. If you are capable of doing this work yourself. You can frequently make slight adjustments to how the door is hanging to solve problems with it closing properly.

There are four bolts on each hinge. Test and fine-tune to get a perfect fit by tweaking the screws and shutting the door to. Loosen the two on the body not the two on the door.

Open the door again. Also note if the door is latching properly when it does close all the way. It is more common for outside doors like shed doors garage doors and main doors to changes in the weather.

Tighten the bolts again. Tweak the hinges until you get a smooth open and close. Summer door closing preference can go either way depending on the region you live in and if you use air conditioning.